Financial modeling for global pricing: the NCCN breast cancer prototype. National Comprehensive Cancer Network

In conjunction with its Outcomes Database, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is developing a series of financial models to calculate the cost of various episodes of care for cancer. The prototype model is based on the NCCN Breast Cancer Practice Guidelines. This article describes how the model was developed, its constituent parts, and what information it is designed to provide. To accommodate the differences in costs in various areas of the United States, all costs and charges in the model are institution-specific.